By Al S. Mendoza MANNY Pacquiao has stopped giving his money to the people. He has said it himself. “I have to stop, but only temporarily, though,” he said in Tagalog. “I do not wish to disturb the relief operations being done now by our police and soldiers.” He was…
By Leoanrdo Micua TOO bad, Typhoon Odette came just after Mayor Brian Lim was promised by President Duterte to extend financial assistance for the construction of a hospital in Dagupan. Methinks that with the big swath of destruction left by the typhoon in some parts of the Visayas and…
PING LACSON DISCUSSES “3K” – Presidential aspirant Sen. Ping Lacson explains his team’s political strengths – (Kakayahan, Katapangan at Katapatan) during the “Online Kumustahan sa Pangasinan with residents of Lingayen and other towns connected to the event last Sunday held at the Lingayen Civic Center See story on page 3. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
DIALOGUES ON PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS PRESIDENTIAL aspirant Senator Panfilo ‘Ping’ Lacson said on Dec. 19 that his team may not match the touted Solid North and Solid South votes of their rival team today but he expressed confidence that their “3K” message (Kakayahan, Katapangan at Katapatanf) communicated through dialogues will…
THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) declared two Pangasinenses who filed their certificates of candidacy for president in the May 2022 polls as nuisance candidates. Provincial elections supervisor Marino Salas, however, did not identify the two who filed their COCs and simply hinted that one is from Mapandan town while the…
CHRISTMASSY VACCINATION – The vaccination site at the Dagupan city’s People Astrodome is adorned with Christmas decors to brighten up the mood for residents while waiting for their turn to be inoculated. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE continued decline in numbers of new cases is a strong indication that the pandemic in Pangasinan will finally come to an end. This was observation shared by Provincial Health Officer Anna De Guzman in an interview on December 20 when she highlighted an average of 4 daily confirmed cases…
THE Mabini municipal government already inoculated 70 percent of its eligible population as of Monday, Dec. 20. The local government unit said the inoculation of 12,895 residents with their first dose of COVID-19 vaccines have been completed. The municipal health office expressed satisfaction with the cooperation extended by the eligible…
A MEMBER of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) of Dagupan proposed that the city government contributes financial assistance to affected families in the calamity stricken provinces in Visayas and Mindanao. The proposal was made by Councilor Dennis Canto during the first-ever face-to-face session of the SP since the start of the…
THE International Astronomical Union (IAU), the leading NGO focused on astronomy, named two recently-discovered asteroids, also called minor planets, after two heroines – Ilocano warrior Gabriela Silang, and Pangasinan mythical female Princess Urduja. The decision was made public by Dr. Edsel Salvana, through his Facebook post on Saturday, December 18,…
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